This was the moment Indian forest officials released a ‘man-eater’ tiger back into the forest on February 9 after it had killed a woman just days earlier. <br /><br />The adult male tiger, named Jai, had killed a woman on February 7 at a village near Matkuli, Madhya Pradesh. After people in nearby villages protested, forest officials cornered the tiger with the help of two captive elephants on February 8 and tranquilised it. <br /><br />They gave the tiger a medical check up and decided to release it back in the forest. <br /><br />A convoy of six vehicles and two captive elephants took the tiger to a remote spot on Satpura National Park on February 9. <br /><br />Forest officials commented that they usually kept tigers which killed human in captivity.<br /><br />“But it was the first time Jai had killed a human. We think it was an accident and decided to set him free,” said a forest official. <br /><br />“We have left him in a secluded part of the forest which is 150-200 km away from any human habitat. It is unlikely that he will attack anyone again,” he added. <br /><br />Officials have put a radio collar around Jai and will be monitoring his movements continuously.
